Character and Conduct – 5 October – Manifestations of God
THE distinguishing mark of religion is not so much liberty as obedience,
THE distinguishing mark of religion is not so much liberty as obedience,
MEN find Christ through their fellow-men, and every glimpse they get of Him is a direct message from Himself.
It is in the power of the great Christian Sacrament, the great human sacrament, to become that rallying place.
THERE may be Worship without Words.
Liberty of thought is allowed; liberty of sinning is alone denied.
RELIGION consists not in knowledge, but in a holy life.
CALL him not heretic whose works attest
His faith in goodness by no creed confessed.
Whatever in love’s name is truly done
To free the bound and lift the fallen one
‘He must increase, but I must decrease.’ (John the Baptist)
When we learn to follow the first follower of Jesus we discover that the Christian life is about learning to grow smaller.
TO HIM, as to so many, truth is so infinitely great that all we can do with our poor human utterances is to try and clothe it in such language as will make it clear to ourselves, and clear to those to whom God sends us with a message,
This is the hope for the world, that we shall learn to love, and in learning that, unlearn all anger and wrath and evil-speaking and malice and bitterness.